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The Weekly Star.
WSL H. BERNARD, Editor and Prop'rj
WILMINGTON, N. C.
Friday,
Mat 6, 1887
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WHAT W! WOULD BE GLAD TO
i ' . SEE.' - . V . I -J'
'rim riinuilln TfjnLd.t.r renentlv dis-
cussed the advantages of an indepen-
ent press and said: . - I '
'"How much more useful would the press
of the South be if circumstances were such,
as to allow all editors to be independent -nniitiM
Tint there must be a thorough rev-
olution'in the politics of the South before i
such things can be. 1 he conscientious eu -itnr
whn has the interest of his State at
heart is compelled to join heart and soul in j
the ngnt against tne misruieoi rtepuoncau-
ism asjt exists in me douiu to-uay.. j
j' .n independent press hat gives
both sides is valuable. Bat an indei
pendent press that has no convictions,
principles or opinions would not do
much to advance the true lnteresiSjOi:
tV,A nnnnln Wn Viavfl read With m4
VUT M b A J W ' '
terest through the years the indepen
dent (so-called) press in the North
Tint, riava not found them more
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reliable or wiser or more useful tbjarjj
papers that were exponents of partjj
but conducted by gentlemen. The!
truth is that the so-called indepisnj
dent papers can be, on occasion, as
intensely partisan and bitter and o sej
sided as tho most reckless prof esse ijy,
partisan organs. We have seen this
often. . ... j I . 1 1
What the South needs is not in.de
pendent papers that have no pol itijj-f
cal principles to maintain. Par .ies
aro absolutely essential under a Iree
government. Without parties tl ere
will be corruption and extravagance
and unfaithfulness. To have parties
there must be leaders and followers.
To work efficiently, intelligent!
successfully there must be organs ot
opinion papers that discuss, defen
and: enforce the principles of
party they represent. ;It- in
meant that
vile, pliant,
they shal
1 be
an echo
only
they shall praise all that is dond aid
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advocate measures of doubtful propri
ety and unsound principle. Not jlhii.
A party paper with a conscience will
condemn the wrong and uphold the
right as it understands it. But i
u. l"Jt
i 1
wilt maintain principles, oecause
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the exponent of principles.
If the South had only papers t
were "independent of j polities'!
rere "independent
would be in a bad way. All the
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world over and in all ages there have
been creators,leaders, men of thought
and action. They must do the think-
ing for the nation and put forth
those principles and lines of action
f Vi o f: n i"a una an f 1 il r Vi r rvmtnt n '
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prosperity and glory of a great peo
ple. J The political newspaper it in
dispensable. It stands forth as the
advocate of policy and principle.
It must have real convictions, ! It
cannot blow hot and cold.- It cannot
sit on the fence or be indifferent to
the advocacy or espousal of grave
questions of State. We do not be
lieve that so-called independent ionr-
they are too often edited by men who
are ready "to sell beef to both sides
the j'Cow-boys" of the Revolutjon. j
I Wfl WftTllrl lilrA frtHPP.t. r.nsa.f.lA
.
Tor jtwo parties to exiBt in the South
aligned upon principle and not held
together by expediency or j by "the
seven loaves and two fishes."
We'
wuuiiu ii&u iu see me dhcto
Question
so eliminated aB to allow white men to
t form alliances according to conviction
and without any need of considering
the pressing question of jBelf-reser-f
vation and social safety and mere ex
pediency. We would like l to see
1 arm xteiormers men wno are re-
' solved to reduce taxation land to
j ML'
bring it back to the old standard of
economy and justice united under a
common banner, and Hign Protec
tionists, men who believe in taxing
the(many for the benefit and jenrich
ingiof tho few and of keeping up in
time of . peace a tax that is double
that favored by Mr. Clay before the
warrallyine under theif own flap-.
We would, in a word, be glad to see
parties with well defined, principles,
united and earnest and sincere, and
noij made up of odds and ends, with
men of all political shades, discor
dant, dissatisfied, scramblliner' i seek
ing, bewailing. Then papers of the
same party would pull together in a
firm and earnest advocac of clearly
! understood and thoroughly imbraced
jyrmci pies and policy. !
A POTATO LESSON. I
According to Mr. J. 8 Moore. th
able political economist h N ew York,
in a recent article in the Times
buo VwViv migui ieam an impor
tant lesson as to how th 9 Tariff ope
rates from IriBh potatoes, 'j Last year
the tax paid on imported potatoes
amounted to $291,000 in round num
bers. This was the amount of reve
Due from this source. The duty is 15
cents a huahel. . Mr. .Moore shows
jthat the consumer of j potatoes in
(New . York State - paid $510,000
f tax on potatoes alone, as! every bushe'
of potatoes consumed was enhanced
15 cents a bushel. He Bays:
""V""1 u" w ion moo 01 con.
Burners of notatoea m ta kio nnn
j the luxury of eating the cheapest and most
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if
B ATs
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necessary food. How many of the ignorant
mob of consumers in New York know of
this villainous oppression t - Now, the ob
ject of charging a duty of 18 cents on a
bushel of potatoes is certainly not for the
purpose of .getting revenue, but simply for
protecting our aristocratic potatoes against
tho pauper potatoes of Nova Bcotia and
Prince Edward Island." - -.
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He next showa that in 1880 the po
tato crop was 169,458,539 bushels.
At 15 cents a bushel.the" sum of the
increase to the consumers was $25,-
500,000.f Hesays: "'"' j
"That was paid by the ignorant mob of
consumers of potatoes to the home raisers
and $291,000 to the Treasury. There is a
curious fact connected with our tariff
swindle, and it is this, that it always makes
a distinction between the rich and opulent
mob of. consumers and the poor mob of
consumers." ,; , - - a .
' The rich' ' eat Bermuda i potatoes,
bat the tax paid for them amounts to
but $5,180.70. There were 34,538
bushels imported, costing $71,649.
On the other hand, there were im
ported from the British Provinces
1,306,640" bushels of Irish potatoes,
costing $332,944: The lesson and
comment is this: "The rich man
pays for an extreme luxury less than
1i per cent, and the poverty-stricken
people pay for a similar food, which,
however, is a necessity, 58 per cent.,
or eight limes more. But what
would be the object of an Organized
army of protection if it were not to
favor the rich and oppress the poor??
inONTFORO JPGEHBE, ESQ.
"It is with much regret that the many
friends of Mr. Montford McGehee in this
part of the State, will learn that that gen
tleman was defeated in the recent election
for Commissioner of Agriculture. Mr.
McGehee is one of the most polished gen
tlemen of the State, and is one of the best
read men on ' sericulture in the country.
The trouble 83ems to have been that he was
considered too much of a theorist, i. e., was
lacking in practical knowledge of the re
quirements of his department. Milton, Ad
vertiser .! t
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The above is clipped from a paper
published in the village where Mr,
McGehee resided for many years.
His f arm was in Person, and upon
this he lived for two decades, or
nearly BO,cultivating "mother earth."
We desire to confirm what is said
above of the admirable qualities of
this distinguished i gentleman land
most worthy eon of North Caroli
na, in uasweii, rerson uranviue
and Orange counties, where Mr.
McGrt bee is best 4 known, he is
held in the highest possible esteem.
North Carolina has high-bred gen
tlemen and men of accomplishments
and ability but it has no son who de
serves to rank above the distinguish
ed sou of Person county in refined
and elegant manners, in fine literary
ta-te, in a pure and noble manhood,
in those qualities of mind and. heart
that ennoble and give a grace to life
and character,' and in genuine attach
ment to all that concerns his native
Carolina. Mr. McGehee is a gentle
man of excellent natural ability that
has been disciplined by study and by
his profession of the law. i He has
seen Europe, has had the advantage
of intimate association for more than
thirty years with the first men
in the State Graham, Kerr, K.
B. Gilliam, Dillard, Ruffio, the
great Badger whose daughter, he
married - one of the most superior
women we have ever known -and a
dozen others. When in the Legisla
ture Mr. McGehee was the leader of
the Democratic party in the! House.
A courtly, conscientious, noble, able
Christian gentleman, he is worthy of
the highest office North Carolina has
to bestow. - In his hands office will
never be prostituted to mean, per
sonal, selfish ends. We wnte this
because we believe in our heart he is
entitled to every word we hive writ
ten. We have known him for thirty
five yearp, have partaken of his
hospitality, have received letters
from him, are familiar with j his life,
know of his excellence and accom
plishments and have so written. i
Mil Kit iTl AN REPLYING TO
WOKE.
Tbe people jof the South have no
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admiration whatever for Gen. Sher
man. They know he conducted war
as a Vandal and that he'is ntterlv
untrustworthy in his statements.
The Star has .had occasion several
times 10 show up his inhumanity and
meanness and his misrepresentation
of facts. He is, however, often as be
has been exposed, one of ihe North-
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win mouei. j ma statements, arter
being tripped again and again by
both Northern and Southern writers,
are receivcd"in the North fas everv
way veracious and credible.
We refer to this town burner and
slanderer now to note his opinions in
an article in the last North Ameri
can Review. He is replying to Lord
Wolaeley's tribute to Robert E. Lee.
Sherman gives it as his opinion that
Grant was a greater soldier than Lee,
in view of facts such a statement is
stupid. If the numbers of the two
armies could have been reversed Lee
would have destroyed Grant in! the
first battle.. It is very j doubtful,
however, if there had been a battle
or that Lee could have overtaken the
flying blue coats. Grant greater
lhan Lee! Did "Cump" is too old for
such stuff, j .-- -
Then he has discovered that Gen.
1 nomas was Lee's equal;- Thomas
was doubtless Grant's equal, and
Thomas was a Virginian Sherman
ia very "cheeky." He j actually has
the hardihood to refei! to Grant at
VickBburg and Shiloh as an evidence
of great generalship. And yet North.
em writers know and i have stated
now badly handled . and whipped
urant was at Shiloh until Gen. Buell
came to his salvation, while at Vicka.
burg Grant made two! assaults that
were so un wise, unnecessary, unsuc
cessful and bloody, as to receive and
deserve the condemnation of military
men. Read Gen.; Jordan's account
of it in the organ. of the army the
monthly published in New York, the
exact title of which we do not recall
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at this moment. - . ..T :
Grant lost more men-than Lea
commanded. That is truth , and not
fiction. The official records in the
War : Department at v Washington
show how many men Grant lost, and
by reading Long's trustworthy and
carefully prepared Life of Lee you.
can see the strength of. the Southern
force.; The fact remains intact that
the North had nearly 3,000,000 men
in the war, and the South 600,000. " .
Sherman closed by saying to Lord
Wolseley that "when the time comes
to award monuments for service in
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the civil war the great American peo
ple will be fully prepared to. Belect
the subjects ' without j hint or advice
from abroad." Yes, yes! Grant,
Thomas, and other Northern Gene
rals .have monuments, or . will; soon
have them. ; Lee and Sidney John
ston have monuments on the South-
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ern side, and others will follow. The
North is rich and will erect a monu-
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ment no doubt to tbe man that burnt
Atlanta and Columbia and devastated
Georgia and tbe Carolina. ; But an-
not European writers form a judg
ment of American soldiers without
being deemed intrusive? Von Moltke
praised Grant highly and that tickled
the North and was deemed as alto
gether the proper tbiog. A French
Bourbon has written an account of the
war! who fought on the Northern
side, j His views are palatable and
oleasant to the North. But when
Col.j Freemantle lauds Lee and his
soldiers, for be saw them in battles;
when tho able author of the "Battle
of Dorking," declares in Blackwood's
Magazine that Lee is one of the
three greatest soldiers of the English
speaking! race ; and when Lord
Wolseley writes his fine paper on
Lee, whose army be visited and saw
handled,'! and places him above all
American soldiers, then all this bo-
comes aa offence to your Shermms
and to Northern editors generally.
"A. morning contemporary's erroneous
charge that Col, Pat Donan is, was, or ever
would he a Democrat is enough to provoke
from tbal life-long Republican a flood of
picture? que eloquence luminous enough to
enlighten the nrost benighted sanctum."
i'niiadeipfua Aewt. ; : "
Donan edited first the bitterest
Democratic paper in Missouri that
was ever read. When in 'North Caro
lina he was the most cantankerous
abner of Republicans and their ras
calities that this State has ever seen.
We did not know before that 'Kur-
1
nel" Pat had flopped.. Very extreme
men are quite apt to kick over on the
other side, especially "for a consider
ation." " -.- r
The Augusta Vlironicle has a just
and commendable opinion on one
public measure Civil Service. It is
wrong on the Tariff. .The Charles
ton News and Courier, with which it
is always warring, is strong for Tariff
reform and for the Civil Service hum-
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bug. "
The Common Council of Balti
more have passed a resolution con
gratulating Mr. A. S. Abell, who
owns the Baltimore Sun, and who is
the richest of American newspaper
men, upon completing : bis fiftieth
year of control-of his paper. He is
not far from eighty years old.
Gen. Gordon, in spite of the pro
tests of his physicians, presided at a
grand Irish demonstration in Atlan
ta. Senator Colquitt made a speech,
as did Senator Brown, Dr. Hatb
ornn and others. -
All whom we have talked with rela
tive to a railroad to Wrightsville be
lieve it would pay exceedingly well.
It would be a great comfort and con
venience to thousands J with small
means. . " : " .
Th! Tories carried the Cloture
claase by a big majority 257 to 135
They have gained strength it appears
and they will be certain to carry out
their infernal plans of oppression.
There is a rumor that Conkling
favors John Sherman for the nomi
nation.
C 8 District court, i "
- The United Siatea District Court ad
journed yesterday afternoon for the term.
The entire day wa? occupied with the
case of the Dart ford Fire Insurance Com
pany el a!., libtllants, against the steamer
Cape Fear, plying between ' this city and
Fitjetteville. The amount sued for is $4,
500, insurance on cargo of cotton and naval
stores on a lighter belonging to the Express
Steamboat Company and destroyed by fire,
which it is alleged wbs caused by sparks
from the emoke-stack of the steamer. A
number of witnesses were examined in the
forenoon and in the afternoon argument
was made by counsel, Messrs. Russell &
Ricaud appearing for the libellanta and
Col. A . M. Waddell for the respondent.
Judce Seymour took the papers and re
served his decision. - ! 1
A Public Park.
The prospects for a public parkare prom
ising, me large vacant space lying be
tween Thirteenth and Seventeen ill at root a
on the west and east, and Princess, street
ana uaxaaie on the south and north
the limits. Somewhere httivM. -1
. ltUBO
boundaries.in all probability, will be selected
o ucuguuui Dreatning-spot for the deni.
zens of the crowded and dusty city. " Tree
will be planted, walks and drives laid out
grass plots arranged, and everything poasi
ble done to beautify the place. Mayoi
Fowler is earnestly interested . ftnrl fka m
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ter is beginning to take shape. The owners
of the property have been consulted by
urn ana tuey nave agreed to donate 1
city enough ground for th nnm,.
all that will have to be donA .J
the project can be accompluhed with but
iiwwc expense 10 me city.
WILMINGTON.
Her PoBBlatlen ; and Prorresa En
eeoray Ids Facta asd Plcnrea. .
There is no doubt about one fact con
cerning this city, and that is its population
is rapidly increasing. On all hands we see
evidences of prosperity 'which the city has
not exhibited in so : marked a measure since
the war as it has within the last twelve
months. Whether it be - due to the fac
that over one-half of a million of " dollars
was left here by the' insurance companies
from the fire of February, 1886, or to the.
fact that our cotton receipts hav,e increased
nearly fifty per cent, or 1 the fact that the
establishment of a Building and Loan As
sociation has enabled our , .mechanics and
"others to save money, or the fact that our
banks are driving in' to business the thou
sands of capital which has been hoarded
by depositors . at j four per cent.; no matter
what the cause may be, it is certainly true
that our population is increasing rapidly;
new and tasty structures are being erected
and there is a hopeful sign: and buoyant
expression pa the faces of our people.
Oar readers would scarcely believe. without
investigation that from 1870 to 1880 N il
mington's population increased more rap
idly than that of any of the Southern towns
mentioned below j The census of 1870 and
that of 1880 show; the following, statistics
of the population of the cities named : - '
' j r .1870
Norfolk. Va .- A .19,229
Savannah. Ga. . . 1 .28,235
Charleston,! S. O. .48.956
Mobile. Ala. . . 32.034
Petersburg. Va..l. .18,950
Vickfcburg, Miss.. 12.443
Portsmouth, Va.j. .10.590
Columbia, 8. C. .!. . 9,298
RaleiKh. N. C. ... 7.790
1880 Increase
-21.865 2.737 .
80.709 2.474
49,984 1.038
29,132 ,..rir.
21.855 , 2 706
11,814. .
11.390 .800.
10,036; .732
9.265 1.475
Wilmington, N. ;C. 13,446 17,350
3.904
. ..,Decrea8e.:..j.; . ,;-v-.:;;..,
Wilmington's j increase is 30 per cent. ;
Norfolk's! about 14 per cent. ; Savannah's
about 8 per cent !, and Charleston's about 2
percent. ! j 'y-l
. During the decaiie from 1870 to 1880 oc
curred the panic', which affected the values
of land and checked the growth of all , our
Southern towns' and bad as great an effect
upon our city as upon any of her. sister
cities, and our improvement since 1880 has
been as marked j as was the effect-of the
panic before. Computing our increase at
the rato of 30 per cent, then for tbe six and a
half years that have elapsed since 1880, we
would haae an increase of 191 per cent.; or
about 21.000 population in all. But it is
safe lo say that, our increase is greater than
that given, and many place our actual
population at 23.000 and upwards. .
Preparation for the EBcanpncnl.
The necessary ' preparations for the en
campment of the State Guard are actively
in progress at the Canaday place, on Mar
ket streeUi Carpenters are at work putting
up frame buildings for the mess room,
store room and kitchen. Seventy A-tents
and eight wait-tents were - received from
the Stale authorities at Rileigh yesterday,
and to-day a portion of the city street
hands will be set to work cleaning up the
grounds and putting everything in tho
rough order for tbe camp.
There will :be many attractions during
the encampment, besides the military dis
play, the parades, the target shooting and
the grand military ball. On the first day
the 19ih there will be a yacht race on
the river for: a prize, between the yachts
Idler and Vixen, two of the boats of the
Carolina Yacht Club. Oa the morning of
the 20ih the Fire Department will turn out
with engines' and hook and ladder truck
at.d give exhibitions of their skill and train:
ing in friendly ; contests between the com
panies.
XT. 8. District Coart
The Spring term of the U. 8. District
Court convened in the U. S. Court room in
this city yesterday morning, with Judge
Seymour presiding. District Attorney. F.
BL Rusbee, j Assistant District Attorney R.
B. Peeblesj Marshal Richardson and the
other officers and jurors were present. The
following were drawn for the grand jury:
A. H. Morris, foreman; W. H. Bradley, W.
B. Winders. John S. Hamilton, M. M.
Katz. R. W. Collins, Mitchell Dove, D. R.
Walker, James W. King, Leonidas Middle-
ton, John Moore, Monroe Byrd, A. R. Mid
dleton, A. C. Meares, A. A. Cromartie,
John J. Hewlett, John Monroe, L J. Pois-
aon.:;--M' .' :' . " :'
David Cox, a colored seaman charged
with mutiny on the schooner J. S. Baymore,
was convicted and sentenced to six months
imprisonment in the county jail in this city,
The schooner above mentioned was on a
voyage from Charleston, 8. C, to New
York, the' latter part of last summer, and
put in at this port in distress. : Thomas
Hutchinson, colored, also one of the crew
of the Baymore, charged with refusing to
obey the j lawful commands of the officers
of the vessel, submitted, and judgment was
suspended in his case.
la the case of W. F. Lessman, continued
from a former term, judgment was sus
pended on payment of costs
Joel W.Blackman; violation of internal
revenue laws. Judgment suspended on
payment of costs.
I IGeo. : McJackson : violation of internal
revenue law. Defendant called and failed
Judgment nisi and tei fa issued against de
feodant'4 surety. " '
The Court adjourned at 5 p. m., until 1.0
o'clock this morning, and the pettit jurors
were dismissed for the term.
A River Steamer Burned.
The steamer '; Susie took fire Monday
morning last about 3. o'clock, at her wharf
at Point Caswell on -Black river and was.
completely destroyed. .. The boat was own
ed by Mr. J. L. Croom of this city, was
valued j at $2,500, and was insured with
Messrs. 'Atkinson & Manning to the amount
of $1,500. The Sufie was commanded by
Capt. Dolbow. and had recently been put in
thorough repair. She left Wilmington last
Fridayj afternoon and arrived at. Point
Caswell that night,'' and after discharging
freight' Saturday bad taken on board six
cords of wood preparatory to starting on
the retnrn trip Monday. The fire was dis
covered by Mr. L. Toilers, who, as the boat
was lying close to his turpentine distillery,
cut loose the lines by which she was moor
ed to the wharf "and sot her adrift. The
steamer floated down the river about three
fourths of a mile where it burned to the
water's edge and sank. The steward.
colored man named Jno. Croom. and a
white man named Mclnnis, were the only
persons on board when the fire was discov
ered, j They were asleep ana . were aroused
by Mr. VoUera, and barely escaped with
weir uvea irom ue nurning ooat. - i
'For Animals.
- Manges Distemper, Diarrhaa and Worms
in dogs quickly cured. Scratches, Sores,
Galls, Bruises, Cuts ; or Wounds of. any
kind quickly, and permanently healed by
washing with the Fluid. Db. J. Hough,
the distinguished Veterinary Surgeon, says;
"I find Darbys Prophylactic Fluid all that
it is repiesented As a local application I
believe it to be without an eauaL" . For
Colic and Scours it acts like magic. .
Cpmmlaalonera Meetlne Tlie uau?
road Sabscrlptlon Election. ..;
The Board of County, Commissioners
mflt in rflffulaf sftsaion at the Court JtlOUBe
yesterday.; ' Chairman S. ;A Bagg r and
Commissioners Roger Moore- B. U rearce
and Jas. A. Montgomery were present .; I
The monthly report of the County Trea
surer was snbmitted,; showing lhe balance
of cash on hind amounting to $21,859.84,
of which $11,736.94 is to the credit of the
general fund and $10,122.29 "to the credit of
the educational fund 2 .; : jr
The ? report of the Register of Deeds
showed $17.00 received during the month
of April from marriage license fees. . j "
In relation to the election held m March
on the question of subscription to the Ons
low Railroad the followinz order was
made. " - - 11
"It appearing to the Board that at the
election held in this county on the 24th of
March, 1887; upon the question of "sub
scription" or "no subscription" on the part
of this county to the capital stock of the
Wilmington, Onslow & East Carolina Rail
road Co., under the provisions of the char
ter of said company, 2,018 votes were cast
in favor of subscription and '247 votes for
"no subscription ;" and it further appear
ing that at the time of such election .the
duly qualified voters Cot : this county
amounted in number to 0,181, whereof the
majority is 2,591. It is therefore declared
by tbe Board, as the result of said election.
that a majority of . the qualified voters of
this county did not favor the said subscrip
tion to the capital stock of said Wilming
ton, Onslow & East Carolina Railroad Co.,
and that such subscription cannot be made
by the county."
On application, J. L. Winner was ap
pointed special surveyor to Survey ; the
lands of A. W. Downing, J. T. Burruss
and -others on Myrtle Grove sound and
Cape Fear river. v: . . ' ; s Vf Vs .;
i; The Chairman of the Board was author
ize j to have 1,000 copies printed of ex
tracts from the revenue law, for distribu
tion among merchants and dealers. " !
. The matter of -selecting a polling place
for Masonboro township was referred to
the Chairman of the Board.
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Death of a Prominent Batlnui nan.
r The remains of Mr. Walter McNeill
passed through this city Sunday night on
the way to Max ton, Robeson county, for
interment. Mr. McNeill died suddenly
in Savannah, Ga., Saturday morning1 last.
He was a member of the firm of Peacock,
Hunt & Co., of that city. The Savannah
ftetes, ia mentioning his death, says: j
Although comparatively a young1 man,
being in his 88lh year, he had bv I careful
business management acquired a comfort
able fortune. He was Vice President of
tbe Board of Trade, and was highly es
teemed by all who knew him. No man
was of more, strict integrity. Physically
he was quite a large man, and his nature
was genial and kind.- He had many warm
friends in this city, although he had resi
ded here but a few years. 1 I .
About two weeks ago he made a trip to
rionn Carolina, and was taken sick very
shortly after his . return.; On Thursday he
was removed from the hotel at which he
was stopping to Mr. T. H. McMillan's res
idence, on New Houston street. His
friends thought that he was improving un
til shortly before his. death, when he was
seized with a convulsion and died in a few
minutes.
Mr. McNeill was a member of the First
Presbyterian church and -unmarried. He
was born in Robeson county, N. C.; where
nis remains will De taaen lor interment.
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Tne military Encampment.
. 1 ne iouowmg is tne programme ar
ranged for the military encampment to be
held in this city on the 19th, 20th. 21st and
22d inats: : H "; --;.! -
Thursday Address of Welcome, Dril
ling of the Regiment Dress Parade at 6.80
p. m.
Friday Review of the Regiment; the
reviewing officer to be stationed on the
steps of the City Hall. Dress j Parade.
Military Ball at night. . , f ,
Saturday Shooting for prizes by teams
from each company, and presentation of
the sam. .''..'"f; '
- Sunday Services at St. John's Church
at 4 p.m. Dress Parade &t. the camp at
6.80p.m. . .
The visiting companies Maxton Guards,
Sampson Guards and Fayetteville Inde
pendent Light Infantry will arrive on the
night of Wednesday, the 18th inst The
place of encampment is at the head of
Market street on the lot known as the
"Canaday place." i . . '
Grace Methodist Cbnreb.
This is the name which has been given
to tbe new house of worship now in course
of erection at the' northeast corner of
Fourth and Mulberry streets. The corner
stone will be laid with appropriate services
by the Grand Lodge of Masons of North
Carolina on Thursday afternoon, the 12th
inst , as will be ejeen by the;; notice of
Grand Master Robinson in this issue of the
Star. AH Masons in good standing in
this jurisdiction, and especially in this
neighborhood, are invited to attend. Ad
dresses on the Occasion will be, delivered
by Rev. E. A. Yates, D. D. and Eugene S
Martin, Esq.
Election at Smlthvlile.
A telegram to the Stab from Smith ville,
received last night, says: ;
"The town election held to-day proved a
municipal muddle. The whites had two
tickets out which threw - the ' balance - of
power with tbe negroes, who delayed voting
until the white vote was polled. Then the
negroes came forward and elected J. L.
Weecott Mayor, with J. A. Bell and four
negroel for Commissioners. The white
factions are dumbfounded, and the com
munity disgusted at the result.; .
Cotton Movement. ,
The receipts of cotton at this port for the
first eight moplhs of the present crop year
foot up 133,020 bales ; for the f correspond
ing period last year, 99,879 bales showing
an increase of 83,641 bales. I
Receipts for the month of April were 686
bales; against 3,493 hales the; same month
last year. ' ' V , r 1 P ; -.; -
The stock in port at this date is 2,148
bales, Bgainst 4,120 bales at the same date
last year , m ' ' ' ' :
Election fn WriiW.
- At' the municipal election in Warsaw
yesterday, the following were elected all
Democrats: 1
Mayor W. L. Hill.
Commissioners I. Brown,' J. K. Smith,
G. J. Lambeth, Henry Bowden, A W.
Hon.
Naval Store Exhibit.
Receipts of spirits turpentine for April,
the first month of ,thecrop year," are 2,937
casks; same month last year 2,556. Rosio,
16,920 barrels; same ' month last year,
42,229. Tar, 7,124 barrels; same month
last year, 13,795. Crude turpentine, 874
barrels; same month last year, 2,645 '
The temperaturej; throughout
this State yesterday wns very - high. Wel
don reported 97, Raleigh. and Wadesboro
91, Newbern OO, Lumber top 88, Goldsboro
1 06 IDBALIUUIU IU WIS TIk' U O-UB-
I grees.
Deetraetive Fire A Iarse Warehouse,
Grain Elevator, Loaded Carar Ac,
Entirely Conamned. .? :
By Telefcraph to Uw KornlnB Star. . .
'Lopi3Vn.LK. Kx., May 2. A very dis
astrous fire broke out about 8 o'clock this
morning at the " immense 1 warehouse of
Brown. Johnson & Co.w f Fourteenth and
Maple streets. Two alarms were turned
in, calling out lhe : whole fire department.
The first was sounded five minutes before 3
o'clock, and the second at 3.80 o'clock. : By
the time the engines arrived the warehouse
was beyond saving. :- The flames mounted,
high in the air and lit up the whole city.
The building contained an immense amount
of hay; barley, rye, corn and oats. ;:
Half an hour after- the warehouse had
started burning the nine-story grain .ele
vator of Btrater Bros., at Fourteenth and
Broadway, caught from the thick-flying
sparks that the wind carried in Immense
quantities for half a mile to the ncrlh. The
Strater elevator was within half a block of
the burning warehouse, and could not pos
sibly be saved. ; The tower first caught and
then the whole structure became enveloped
in one solid mass of flames. Tbe firemen
could do little else but pay attention to the
surrounding residences. i v
At the time of the breaking out of the
fire no less than forty freight cars, mostly
loaded, were lying on the tracks in the vi
cinity of the burning buildings. AH but
fourteen of these were saved. The cars be
longed to the Louisville & Nashville Rail
road, and were loaded with hay, grain, &c.,
and the fourteen totally j destroyed with
their contents will bs a loss of about
$50,000. '. . !. -;:-..:v
The loss on the warehouse and grain ele
vator will exceed $200,000. The exact
amount and insurance cannot yet be ob-
tainetl.
A cottage, a two-story frame house, and
two stables were also destroyed,
Tbe elevator with its contents is valued
at about $80,000 - Tbe insurance is $38,
.000 The loss of Brown. I Johnson & Co. ,
will be between $90,000 and $100,000 all
insured
. OHIO.
Large OH Tank Set on Fire by Llcbt
nlne A: Lock-Out laaagnrated In
; Cincinnati Shoe Faeterlea. i
. b TeleirraDh to the Morning star.
Cihcihnatt. May 2. A special to the
Commercial-Oazette from Lima, Ohio, re-
ceiveaeany mis morning; says: "Light
ning struck a 35,000-barrel oil tank near
town nd set the oil on fire. Twenty-five
otner tanas in tne immediate vicinity are in
aacger, ana 11 nrea win Hood tne southern
part of the town with burning oil." , i
Cincinnati, May 2. AK very extensive
ana aisastrous lockout nas been inaugu
rated in tbe shoe factories! to-dav. It has
been the custom for several years for pro
prietors and employes to send delegates to
lorm a Doara or arDitration for tne purpose,
of fixing tbe rate of wages each year. Six
of the eight Assemblies of i Employes have
appointed delegates, but i two assemblies.!
composed of lasters and fitters the latter
women and girls have refused to send
delegates. Thereupon proprietor have
snut out ail mtmoers or lnese two uecm-i
blies, numbering 2,600 persons. Their stopf
pioK wui hot cause oiaeri Drancnes to sus
pend and a serious interruption will result;
-All
i:
MICHIGAN.
Wire Murder and Attempted Snlclde
'"'""r- by a Lnnatle. . j j
By Telegraph to the lCornmx Star. j
Irona, May 2 John' A. Snyder, aged
35, bad been declared recently by medical
examination to be a fit subject for an insane
asylum. Hi lived in Bushnell township,
near Irona, with his wife and two children,
in a leg t batty on his father's farm. Sun
day morning he did mot appear and his
brother wt nt over. A'horrible sight met
his view. The wife lay dead in bed, her
skull being r roken in with an axe; a child
of two years was on the bed, bathed in its
mother's blood, but uninjured, while an
other, a little older, was in a crib both
screaming in terror. Border was tracked
to a swamp back of his house. From here
he wee easily trailed by blood for several
miles. About ten o'clock he walked into
the house of George Forshee. He had
with a razor cut three huge gashes in his
throat, from which he will probably die.
His wife was younger than he and hand
some, and there had been trouble between
them. She was afraid of him and had told
her friends that she bad hid tbe axe and
razor for fear of his using them oa himself
ana Her. ...v - : 1
TEXAS
Oppose tbe
Amendment.
Got. Hois
Prohibition
Cmf ago. May 4. A special from Fort
Worth, Texas, says: f " i li
Gov. Ross is out in a letter ia reply to
the An ti-Prohibition State Central Com
mittee, asking him to attend their State
convention at Dallas. The Governor is Un
able to be present, but declares his inten
tion to vote against the proposed prohibi
tion amendment, which The declares to be
impolitic, unwise and against the genius of
free institutions. ' He finds the present laws
adequate to protect public liberty and pri
vate rights, and says Texas challenges com
parison as a people with those Slates where
prohibition has long obtained. Texas has
larger churches, larger sums of money de
voted to educational purposes, more dwell
ings and wealth according to population
and fewer criminals than Maine. The
Governor says divorces and crimes against
chastity are greater in Maine than here, and
while they have been engaged in trying to
relieve themselves of the burden of op
pressed poor by repelling them as rapidly
as possible from their borders, and driving
them out of the boundaries as wanderers
and outcasts, still they have a greater
number of paupers than the State of
Texas, while the . evidence of discontent
by strikes, mobs, unions and conventions
against employers'atteBt sconce the misery
and discontent of labor Among them. The
towns of Maine are stationary, and her vil
lages almost everywhere1 proclaim the pro
gress of general decline. The Governor
says the States which have adopted prohi
bition laws have simply been robbed of
their legitimate revenue. Liquor should
not be driven from 'public traffic when it
may be fully regulated bylaw. It would
only force it to become i a secret traffic and
deplete the State's vearlv revenues to the
amount or ifo.uou.uuu. , .
KENTUCKY.
Democratic State Convention An-
r tasonlam Known to) President Cieve
land's Policy. '. ; !-;.- r . i
; Louisville, May 4 The Democratic
Convention which meets to nominate a
ticket for State officers was called to order
in Liedenkran Hall ia this , city at noon
to-day by Col. Stoddard Johnson, Chair
man of tbe State Central Committee.' Sena
tor Sam, F, Hill, of Hartford, was elected
temporary chairman, j Temporary chair
man Hill had lust concluded his address on
.taking his seat, when Hon. James Mc
Kenzie introduced a resolution heartily en
dorsing the administration of President
Cleveland and moved its adoption, without
waiting the completion of the permanent
organization on the formality of reference to
the Committee on Resolutions. McKenzie
was cheered as he read his resolution, but
Congressman Taulbec sprang to his feet
and moved that McEenzie's motion be laid
upon the table, declaring that its adoption
would commit the Democracy of Kentucky
to policies to which it was known to be an
tagonistic, such as silver, civil service, etc.
He was for any resolution endorsing Presi
dent Cleveland's honesty and integrity of
purpose. Cheers After withdrawing
his motion to lay upon the table his motion
that the resolution be referred to the Com
mittee on Resolutions was adopted. Chair
man Hill afterward decided McEenzie's
motion tooe out or order.;
ELECTRIC i SPARKS.
In the Florida Legislature yesterday the
vote for U. S. Senator was as follows:
Perry 22, Pasco 19, Bloxham 26, Good
rich 16, scattering 7, t . t hr
The Comptroller of the Currency has
declared a third dividend of ten per cent
in favor of creditors of the Exchange Na
tional Bank of Norfolk, Va.- This makes
In all forty per cent, i on claims proved,
amounting to $2,888,988. . .. ;
. Seven ballots were taken for TJ. S. Sena
tor in joint assembly of the West ' Virginia
Legislature. The first Btood Camden 43,
Fleck 80, Barber 5, Brown 1, Haymond 1.
There were insignificant changes in subse
quent ballots. Senator Switzer was ex
cused from voting. . Senator Camden with
drew, after the seventh ballot. - . - ,!
lion. J, G. Carlisle Interviewed Hla
Opinion on Tariff Redaction and
' Kindred Matters-President cieve
land, eie, V . ,
Louisville, Et , May 3. Hon. John
G. Carlisle arrived hare yesterday from his
home in Covington. He comes to attend
the State Democratic Convention, of which
it is generally understood, he will be chair
man. - He ia accompanied by Mrs. Carlisle.
The Courier-Jownal this morning" pub
lishes an interesting interview with ' him.
Mr. Carlisle spoke freely and showed no
hesitation. .in communicating the informa
tion desired.- To a question as to whether
be would be a'candidate for the U. S. Sen
ate to succeed Beck, Carlisle saidi My
relations or rather my apparent relations to
the contest for that position have .not been
satisfactory to me for sometime and I have
intended to make a public statement upon
the subject; but no proper occasion has
been presented, and consequently I have
said nothing except to a few persoual
friends. Two or three months' ago I said
in substance that although not a candidate
for office, I would accept it if elected by
the Legislature, and would serve to the best
of my ability. This was regarded, in some
quarters, as - an announcement of my
candidacy, while in others it was not so!
regarded. It was certainly not intended;
uj we vr uuicji iuc iuiyicBtHuu ui&fc x wan
then or would under any circumstances bej
come a candidate, and I am glad of thia
onoortunitv to correct that imnrassinn .
wherever it may exist . I have no desire to!
go to the Senateand do not want my name!
considered in connection with the position.!
In fact, I do not know that it has been
thought of to any considerable extent in
making nominations for the legislature or
otherwise; but letters received by me from
various parts of the State indicate that there
are some who regard me as one of the aspi
rants for the place. If I am to remain in
public life at all a seat in the House of Re
presentatives is entirely satisfactory to me,
and I can serve the people there at least as
well as in the Senate. ;
As to a prospect for a reduction of the
tariff by the next -Coneress. Mr. Carlisle
said: I can only give you my opinion so far
uue uouse is concerned the Senate bet
ing a Republican body no one can say with
accuracy what it is likely to do. I believe
the next House will undoubtedly pass the
bill to red uce very materially customs duties .
I do not, however, expect to see the passage
of such a bill as revenue reform Democrats
would like to have, but I think there will
be a substantial reduction. You see we
have now arrived at a point in tariff agita
tion wnen reduction 01 taxation is abso
lutely necessary. . The large and growing
treasury surplus makes it necessary.- There
is no possible way to escape it All th
methods proposed in that direction are for
the most part absurdities. . The sentiment
for reduction Of the tariff is growing stead
ily, especislly in the Northwest. Now,
coupling this growing sentiment with in
absolute necessity for reduction, ; I think
it requires little powers of political proph
' ecy to assert with, confidence that reduc
tion must come. ' ' The bill reducing the
tariff must be passed. However, with the
help of Republican votes, the defection in
Our rankB caused by Randall and other pro
tectionists, will put it out of tbe power jof
the Democrats to pass the tariff revision
bill unless they are aided by revenue re
formers from the Republican ranks. It
will not! be difficult to obtain a suffi
cient number of recruits, in my opin
ion. Republicans in the West and North
west are getting more and more nervous
on the tariff question. Ia the Forty
eighth Congress all the Republican mem
bers except one from Minnesota voted for
the Morrison bill. - The gentleman who
failed to vote for us was not re-elected, j At
the last Congress we got all but one of the
Minnesota members. In the Congress the
Democrats have three - members from
Minnesota; something very unusual, you
know. This indicated a growth of revenue
reform.; A Republican Senator of promi
nence and ability said to me, a short time
ago, that the. next Congress must do some
thing toward reducing the tariff or there
would be an open revolt on the part of; the
people, ji On the whole, the prospect is very
encouraging for the friends of revenue reform.-
I .. . ' J -.
I think there will be no repeal of internal
revenue taxes, and there certainly ought
not to be. Yet it might occur in efforts to
get through a bill reducing the tariff, jthat
some compromise should be made. Under
the circumstances, with an opposition Sen
ate and with a division of opinion among
Democratic Representatives, a compromise
that was fair would be honorable. In fauch
a state of the . case, the : tobacco i tax
might I be repealed. I see Senator Sher
man talks about reducing' thej tobacco
tax. In my opinion, if that tax is disturbed
at all it ought to be repealed.' It is 'now
eight cents per pound, and it would look
like trifling about small things simply to re
duce it eay one-half or one-third. It 4s a
cherry that if bitten at all may as well be
swallowed entirely, It is true that the tax
yields annually a revenue of nearly thirty
million of dollars, but in order to get a sim
ilar reduction as that in the customs list it
might be well to let the tax on tobaccovgo.
The whiskey tax should be left undisturbed.
; I presume, said the reporter, that Cleve
land's; administration is now old enough for
an intelligent observer to form an estimate
of it? ' -n - v - 1 . -
Said Mr. Carlisle: President Cleveland
has given to the country so far a strong,
clear) and healthy administration. J Com
plaints that he has not turned Republican
officeholders out of their positions as
rapidly as he should are cxaegerated.
He has acted as he honestly - believed
for the best interests of the country and his
party, and you will find upon investigation
that he is very strong with the people. He
has made us a good President I think he
is the most industrious man I ever saw. He
certainly works too hard; but it all comes
from his honest desire to make his admin
istration satisfactory- to himself and .the
people. , Mr. Cleveland desires nothing
more than the approval of . his own con
science, and the just commendation of the
country. These he cannot fail to have.
Is there not some just cause of complaint
concerning his . somewhat supercilious
treatment of men who hold office under
him T --V. ., .-. .) "
Mr. Carlisle Rightly understood, there
is not. : Mr. Cleveland, you must remem
ber, held the office of sheriff in Erie county,
N. Y.. and after that was mayor of Buffalo.
In both of these positions he was brought
into direct contact with his subordinates,
who required no doubt careful attention,
and in this way he acquired the habit of a
personal supervision of appointees. " That
habit, doubtless, sticks to him m some de
gree; it would be stranee ir it did not. You
see he came very rapidly . from mavor
through the . governorship into the Presi
dency.. No man's elevation was ever more
rapid. ; Some little time must be allowed
for him lo accustom himself tol his surroundings-
Another thing I . want to say
about Mr. Cleveland. With him as a
candidate for reelection. New England will
be donbtful. You would be astonished to
find a number of business men in I the Re
publican party in Massachusetts and all
New England, who are for Cleveland.
When I was in; Boston a short time ago I
was amazed to learn that Republican mem
bers of several prominent clubs were prac
tically solid for Cleveland. There is another
good thing, too, about those "Mugwumpe,"
as we call them; they are nearly all tariff
reformers. If they are properly cultivated,
they will not be long getting into the Dem
ocratic party where they will be Mugwumps
no longer, but just as good Democrats as
the rest of us. ; : . .
i Getting back to the Treasury surplus for
a moment what have you to say about the
several plans proposed for getting rid of
;that surplus without reducing taxation T ,
M Mr. Carlisle They are - all 1 jobs ; and
tricks, and unworthy of serious considera
tion. Now let us look for a moment at the
bill providing for Federal aid to education.
Its effects must be . apparent to every intel
ligent observer. Promoters of that scheme
say that the Federal appropriations would
not continue' longer than eight years. I
v once oeguntney would continue for
a thousand years, and whyt . The reason is'
plain the certain effect or Federal aid
would be the demoralization and ultimate
ly the destruction of our 3tate Systems of
education. At the end of eight years the
States would be entirely dependent on the
General Government for an educational
fund, and Federal aid would then be a ne'
cessity from which there would 1 be no es-
' ;. RalGiVh T7afw- At
the following ticket wss elected: Mayor,
Owen Davis; Commisaioners, R. L Danger
field, Henry Perry, A B. Pcrsse, E. A.
Watkins and JDr. W. W. Toung, No po
litical lines were drawn, the main issue be
ing license or no license. The majority of
w wa uc saiu to ue m iavor 01 license.
r The municipal election at h .
fax resulted in the scccess of the t
cratic ticket: Mayor-S. M. Gary n?c,no
sioners M. McMahon, J. M Glim
H, Clark, Fred. Fraeleib. W
; Durham Hecordjr
enj.
Thi
mgat 11 :45i o'clock.
ing at 1145 o'c ock a little girl bv
name of Liza Coly, working in the n. . he
room at Duke's'factory, ftartS hPnkine
dinner,-but while crossing the nife
the switch stumbled and fel , .
leg above the ankle. The dp f8 he''
Mr. J. F. Woody, of Person o.Lo '
destroyed by fire a few nights aRo
The revenue receipts for
month of April were $57,713 1 Thiaa
largest record in the history of the town h
New Bern Journal; From J
porU which we publish elsewhere Z tJ
issue it will be seen that the Eran.1
rapidly organizing in this section
Friday evening last an affray tookTi1
near Croatan. in this county, in Tuhfi
colored man by the name of HoS h 1
struck Bryan Ives, white, on the hcad !!
a heavy piece of timber, seriously won
ing him. Dr. Frank Duffy attendW"
and reports-that he is in aswioua conditi
Henderson has been lodged in jail ,0P-
- Charlotte Chronicle; Mr p
Walsh, editor of the Augusta ChronUk u
been invited by our firemen to delim??8
address at the 20th of May celebS-e
this city, t A white man named T
Hudson, employed as a brakeman nJ T
G. C.a& Ci road between BlackTand Rue
erfordton.imet with an accident at bS"
yesterday.! which resulted in the loss ntt1
of hisfeet He was run over by the tl!e
and the foot was so badly crushed bvT
wheels that it had to be amputated Th
is the first; blood for the C. C. & c K.i s
,road. The North Carolina cla88P, ;
the German Reformed Church will com f
in Concord on Wednesday, May 4th 1
large number-of delegates from y&lt
parU of the State will be in attendance'
MtljAiry News: The WelL
News tells of a negro ia that county whn
while being tried for larceny, actually tnii
a pistol and other articles from the attorae,
who was ( defending him. We heard r
another case of which the above remind!
us: A man was on trial for stealing a pistol
and an attorney appeared for him, and b
good management of the case made it verv
clear to the minds of the jury that ho wu
clear of the charge. The man was acquit
ted, but, not having the money to pay the
fee of the lawyer he took him aside and
made this explanation: "I haven't a cent
of money in the world to pay you fori
ting me clear, and you will have to take
tho pistol for pay. Greensboro Workman.
Norfolk. Ledger: Information
reached the city Saturday that the steamer
Gypsey, Capt Partridge, was sunk Friday
last in Pamlico Sound. The sea was verr
heavy and the steamer was disabled b?
shipping a sea, which broke in the doors of
the engine room and extinguished the fires
8be was blown in this helpless condition lo
the Long Shore Shoals, where she sunk in
about ten feet water, leaving part of her
rail and l upper works out of waterJ The
crew saved themselves in the lifeboat! after
having remained for some time on the pilot
house, which was out of water, and were
picked up by the steamer Vesper and trans
ferred to the New Bern, which landed them
in this port Saturday evening. The Gyp
sey is well know here, and has been over
hauled here within the past two or three
weeks, j She is said to be in no danger of
of going to pieces, and an expedition will
be sent to her assistance at once. . j
Raleigh : News- Observer : Mr.
Gunter recovered from the News and Ob
server Company $250 damages. A sav
mill belonging to Messrs. H. P. Guess &
Co., at Keyser, has been burned. Tbe ori
gin of the fire is not known. The loss is
over $600. Major R. 8. Tucker has
given a Bplendid lot on the Hillsboro road,
about three miles from Raleigh, for the
erection of a Methodist church, j - - The
total amount of money paid out in the con
struction of the water works so far is $113,-
000. -j Rev. C. M. Payne, of Concord,
has been invited to deliver the baccalaureate
sermon at the commencement of Charlotte
Female Institute .- He has also been invited
to deliver the missionary sermon at David
son College; commencement -t There
passed through Ralsigh yesterday Dr. Wo.
G. Hayes, of Buie, Texas, and his brothet,
Dr. Hayes, of Arkansas. Theee two gen
tlemen, now distinguished in their States,
are natives of Chatham county, but have
been away from North Carolina twenty
years. They are now on the way to a visit
their aged father, who still lives in Chatham.
Correspondence of J Norfolk
Ledger: Raleigh, N. C, April ! 29, 1887.
A case of bare ingratitude and rascality has
just come to light here. Soon after the
Charleston earthquake a young man of
good address, but of somewhat seedy ap
pearance, came to this city. He represented
himself to be of good family, and gave tbe
best ; recommendations, which j endorsed
him aa Mr. Allen, a centlemah who hid
b een dispoiled by the sad catastrophe in tbe
city irom wnica ne hailed. As much from
sympathy as from actual need of his ser
vices, be was given employment by Messrs.
W. H..Wetmore& C, wholesale dealers
in shoes, &c-, and so deported himself for
awhile as to gain the entire confidence of
his employers and those with whom bej
came in business contact Some time since
the firm took up the sale of a new patent
coffee pot and in order to encourage tho
young man they fitted him out for a drumj
mer's expedition, and furnishing him with
a horse and other necessaries, j Oa the dajf
after he left having sold about sixty-five
dollars worth of the pots, he traded the
horse, pocketed all the funds and left. Hi!
whereabouts have not, so far, been dis
covered, although vigorous efforts to that
end have been made. h 1
Salisbury Watchman: If reports
be true, the county commissioners, as war
dens of the poor, will probably have more
frequent applications for assistance from
outside the poor house this year than usual..
This results from several causes, of which
may be named the fact that merchants hate
about quit furnishing supplies and taking
mortgagee on the prospective crop. f
Sixty thousand dollars worth of machinery
is now on the ground for the smelting
works, which are building at Thomasville
by a Northern company. The works will
cover the largest part of ten acres.
rich find of copper is reported from Ashe
county, The ore is said to assay 90 Er
cent pure copper and the supply is im
mense. The Mining Railroad buildinr
from Thomasville is nearly completed, asd
we are informed It is a unique affair. Trcei
are cut down and run through a machine
which turns them all the same size. They
are then laid down on sleepers and used a
rails. The wheels on locomotives and csr
are grooved and fit over the rails. Oa one
Bide all the wheels are. fastened oa to the
axles like an' ordinary wagon thus adapting
themselves to any small difference in the
distance of rails apart It is said that there
are no slips and that thev pull immense
loads, . . : j . . .- , I
j Charlotte ' Chronicle: Mr,
D.
8. Caldwell, of Poplar Tent. CaUarna
county, has been stricken with paralyse
and is in a very critical condition, snd but
very little hope is entertained of his recof
ery. Mr. Caldwell is one of the most prom
ipent citizens of Cabarrus. I -Fsruei
from StateBville yesterday jiuformcd s re
poter of this paper that the people of U
place are becoming hot with excitement
over the municipal contests, and that u1'
friends of each candidate aie stirring aboui
lively. Friday there was one well defined
fight and several half developed scrim
mages. Captain Strickland's repon
shows that - from May 11th 1885, to W
11th 1887, rough and dressed rock curbm?
to the extent of 15,709 lineal feet was law
throughout the city: 1,070 feet of three lt
tock wall was built; 15,986 feet of row
guttering four feet wide was iaid; 4,aw
feet, llj blocks of macadetnizing was p
down on the streets; 9,500 feetor 23 bloc"
of old macademizing was j replaced, tp1
inches deep; 4.638 feet of dressed stow
flagging was put down; 405 feet of culyw
were built; 9,600 feet of sewer piP? 7 T
laid; 4.500 loads of travel has been distrio
uted on the sidewalks, of the city-1 "T
Raleigh jottings: Gov. Scales is eitunjt
a Uife-size portrait half length. Will"
Garle Brown, a well known artist, who w
painted many poJtraits of prominent fl?"
Carolinians..: The strike of tbe;bt"
layers in this city was a failure. Ne
came in, some from a distance, 800 ,n
Btrikers are minus work.! They we"
colored. Mrs. Carter, of this city, f
lict of the late Col. D. M. Carter. 9
jured a week ago by falling from the
of a trunk on which she was standing
few days past the accident took a sen"
uiu, auu'ius una ueeu uuBtuum. ., j.
ering from
concussion ot the
stated.
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